NICOLAS & AGNES SAUMAGNE LUTHIER – ARCHETIER
House founded in 1996,
Luthier and bow maker of the quartet close to Geneva.
5 pi de I’Hopital, LA ROCHE SUR FORON, 74800, France
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Pierre-Marie Leduc was born in Saint-Malo in 1976, and comes from a line of musicians (see photo gallery).
He knew at the age of 16 that he wanted to be a violin maker.
The workshop of Frédéric Chaudière, opened in 1986, is located in the Hotel Magnol. There, he builds violins, violas and cellos for famous musicians from all over the world.
Expert in antique instr
JUDITH KRAFT
Luthier since the 1970s, I welcome your visit (by appointment) to my workshop, well hidden in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
I am originally from the United States – the quest for th
It is necessary to go back to the adolescence of Christian Urbita to understand well how its vocation could impose itself to him with such intensity and a certainty never denied.
While preparing a bac
Luthier and bow maker of the quartet close to Geneva.
Entirely handmade in the purest tradition of French bow making, each piece is unique. Agnès Saumagne manufactures high-end modern bows for violi
Paul Collins has been making fine violins, violas and cellos since graduating from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1984 , one of the world’s most prestigious colleges of lutherie.
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In 1989, the workshop opened its doors in Gennevilliers, very close to Paris and the city’s conservatory.
The couple joined forces for 10 years with a third luthier, Michele Mecatti, who is curr
VIADUCT VIOLINS SARL
Need a reliable source to acquire antique instruments or bows – need further information about a specific instrument or bow – or if you have an instrument or bow to se
Violin making in the 21st century has reached a crucial point. Never in history has there been such an abundance of precise and valuable data so easily accessible to makers. By the medium of Internet,
From early childhood, Savine felt intense pleasure when listening to master works of the violin repertoire. JS Bach’s sonatas and partitas played by Nathan Milstein, Mendehlson’s violin concerto
Emmanuel Carlier began his bow-making apprenticeship in 2005 with Gilles Duhaut in Tours. He then joined the Maison Bernard in Brussels and became assistant to Pierre Guillaume with whom he developed
